STATE EX REL. STOKES v. STOKES

No. 7629.

222 So.2d 573 (1969)

STATE ex rel. Julia Chambers STOKES et al., Petitioner-Appellee, v. Adelaide Jones STOKES (Adlay Jones Stokes), Respondent-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 28, 1969.

Writ Refused June 27, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walton J. Barnes, Baton Rouge, for appellant.

Arthur Cobb, Baton Rouge, for appellee.

Before LANDRY, SARTAIN and MARCUS, JJ.


SARTAIN, Judge.

In this suit, Julia Chambers Stokes (petitioner), the natural grandmother, seeks the legal custody of her four grandchildren. Service of her petition was had upon Adlay Jones Stokes (respondent), the children's legal mother. The trial judge granted judgment in favor of the natural grandmother from which judgment the mother has appealed.

Petitioner alleged that the children are the issue of a legal union between her son, Henry Clyde Stokes,...

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